The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-12-02
NEWS ITEMS.


A woman waiting for q train in a
New Haven, (Corn) railway station
the other day had eight cross-eyed
children with her.
After the most heated contest on
record 10 the state of Georgia, Atlanta
voted against prohibition. The fight
was very bitter one.
Barnum's large rhinoceros, which
was severely burned in the fire at Bar
NUNS winter quarters, Bridgeport, CT,
died last Saturday night from the
effects of its injuries.
General Master Workman Powderly,
of the Kn,gh's Of Labor, has written
a letter TO K. f. Gould. s cretary Of
District Assembly, No. lO6, knights
of Labor, of indianapolis, repeating his
determination to retire at the END OF
bis present term.
| Patrick Kinahan and Larry Culpip,
min, RI employed at the Sugar Notch
mine of the Hanover Coal Company.
were caught in heavy fall of rock
and coal Monday morning and crushed
to drath. Their mutilated bodies were
recovered in the afternoon.
A terrible cayr-in occurred at the
Hummelstown brownstone quarries
Tuesday near Hummelstown, this
state. and FIVE men were caught by an
avalanche of stone and dirt an1 four of
them buried beneath fifty feet Of debris.
There is no hope of recovering the
bodies within eight weeks.
A Toronto man had very singular
battle the other day from which he
retired beaten. He had captured a
crow in a field and was proceeding
home when he was beset by hundreds
of the birds and although he used a
club IN rgetically he was compelled to
seek the protection Of shed.
A Young man was hurt at the Schen
ectady Locomotive Works few days
ago. Two physicians said his leg
was broken, and they bandaged it ac
cordiugly. A third physician was sub
sequently called, who said the leg was
not broken, and the young man got up
from his bed and walked away without
any difficulty.
A Philadelphia saloonist attracts Gus
tom in the following singular manner:
A cage is placed upon the counter,
into which two turkeys are placed.
Under the q or Of the cage, which is
of iron, a fire is built, which, warming
the floor causes the birds to dance and
csper about These "danciDg turkeys"
are great attraction.
An unusual action at law hes been
brought at Laurens, S. G. Some time
since John d. Sheahan killed Rufus
Bishop. AT the next term of court ne
was acquitted. The executors of the
state of Bishop have now filed suit
against Sheahau for $4,000 damages
for the killing. An attachment was
issued against Sheahan's property.
A Kansas farmer recently came upon
a prairie dog on the prairie that ap-
pear-d to be 20 intent upon something
that it did not notice his approach.
Upon going up to it he found it to be
transix d by the eye of a large rattle
snake coiled few feet distant. He
pushed the dog aside, thereby putting
the snake into a great rage, which
continued until he dispatched it.
Three children of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
10. White, of Morrison, Ill,-Lillie,
aged l2; George, aged Is and Charles,
aged S-were playing with their slrds
on tn. thin ice on Rock Creek, when
Charles broke through. George ran
to his assistance and IN his efforts to
secure the drowning noy he a'so went
under the ice. Their sister Lille then
made frantic attempt to save her
The whipping post and pillory were
in use at New Castle jail. Wilmington
d l.. last Saturday. James Conaway,
white, was whipped with five lashes for
stealing baby coach, Ulysse. Metson,
colored, was struck ten times by the
cat O -nine-tails for the lsrcency of a
watch, and James Holland, colored, re-
ceived twenty lashes and stood one
hour at the pillory for robbiug an old
man of a silver watch and ten cents.
He also has a six years sentence to
serve and a fine Of 5000 to pay. The
whip was used with moderate violence
and the Jail yard was full of specta-
tors.
A peculiar accident occurred in the
Mahanoy Tunnel on the Philadelphia
and Reading railroad, ten miles west
of Tamaqua, Sunday morring. A
long train became stuck on the heavy
grade in thu tunnel and was unable To
move either way. The tunnel is nearly
a mile long and the immense amount
of traffic which passes through it does
not allow the gases from the many en-.
gines to escape. 1t was in this dense
vapor that the freight train was stuck
Sunday morning and the entire crew
were soon overcome by the gas. They
were f. rtunat,ly discovered by the
trackmen and taken out in an unoon-
sclous condition.
Some remarkable earthquake phe.
nom-na have Just been discovered in
au isolated section between Summer.
vile and Charleston which bears evi
denc- of being one of the foci Of the
great shock of August, 1886. The
ground for miles was literally over.
turned by the shocks. There are many
dip pits on the margin of which have
been thrown up pure white sand such
as is seen only on the seashore. On
this sand has sprung up dense growth
of sea plants. 1t is evident that the
seeds from which these plants have
sprung have been elected from great
depths, where they have doubtless been
buried many centuries without losing